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April 22, 2007

Israeli Troops Kill at Least 8 Palestinians in Two Days
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=172AA87:A6F02AD83191E16052CA479424741AFD9574F7DCC14957C0 Palestinian
officials say Israeli troops also killed a Palestinian policeman and a
17-year-old girl;  Israeli officials say they are investigating the
incident Palestinian authorities say Israeli troops killed two
Palestinian militants Sunday in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Officials said the two were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a
violent offshoot of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.







Palestinians check the damage of the destroyed car of Islamic Jihad
militant, Kamal Anan, after it was hit by an Israeli air strike at
Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza StripTroops surrounded the house
they were hiding in and killed them during a heavy exchange of fire.

On Saturday, Israeli forces killed six Palestinians during raids in
the West Bank and an air strike in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military says its aircraft fired on a car carrying
Palestinian militants who had been firing rockets from Gaza into
southern Israel. One member of Islamic Jihad was killed, and another
was wounded.

One of the militants' rockets hit a house in the Israeli border town
of Sderot. An ambulance service said two Israelis were slightly hurt.

In the West Bank city of Jenin, officials said Israeli troops killed
three Palestinian militants traveling in a car.

Palestinian officials say Israeli troops also shot and killed a
Palestinian policeman and a 17-year-old girl. Officials say the girl
was shot as she stood at the window of her house. Israeli officials
said they were investigating the incident.

Saturday's fighting was among the worst since Israel and the
Palestinians agreed to a ceasefire in November.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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